By Jade Wright The Vortex - Dirty Soul Cool, upbeat, and instantly infectious, this track, is very much in the Hacienda dance groove of Oasis, Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses.

LEGENDS of the 'Madchester' music scene, the Happy Mondays, are the latest headliners announced for this year's Stockton Riverside Fringe Festival. The Happy Mondays reformed last year and still have the ability to sell-out venues all over Europe.

MADCHESTER music mogul Tony Wilson left pounds 484,747 in his will. The Factory Records boss, who signed Happy Mondays and New Order, died last August. (c) 2008 Sunday Mail; Glasgow (UK). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.

By Sadie Gray The Happy Mondays and other acts championed by the Manchester music impresario Anthony Wilson are paying for his cancer treatment after the NHS turned down his request for a [pound]3,500-a-month drug.